Friday, 18 November 2016

Dying teen's heartbreaking letter helps win battle to have body cryogenically frozen

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A teenage girl with terminal cancer, who gave instructions for her body to be cryogenically frozen in the hope she could be cured in the future, has won a legal battle shortly before her death. 

The 14-year-old, who lived in London and is known only as JS, was dying of rare cancer when she used the internet to investigate cryonics and, supported by her mother, sent a heartbreaking letter to the court: 

“I have been asked to explain why I want this unusual thing done," she wrote. 

"I’m only 14 years old and I don’t want to die, but I know I am going to. I think being cryo‐preserved gives me a chance to be cured and woken up, even in hundreds of years’ time.  Read more...

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